In men’s biathlon relay, Quentin Fillon Maillet can make history on Tuesday February 15 by becoming the 3rd French athlete to win five Olympic medals during the same edition. Freestyle skier Tess Ledeux will also be on the slopestyle track and will try to take revenge on Chinese Eileen Gu. The blue delegation will also be represented in bobsleigh, alpine skiing and Nordic combined… Find the complete program of the Tricolores involved in the Beijing Olympics on Tuesday 15 February. Times are given in French time.
And five for Fillon Maillet?
Mark the history of French sport. This is obviously Quentin Fillon Maillet’s objective in these Winter Olympics. By winning gold on Sunday February 13 in the pursuit, his fourth medal during the same winter edition, the Jura player has already done a lot in this direction since no Frenchman had achieved such a performance. But he could give even more breadth to his legend this Tuesday on the relay by becoming the second most decorated tricolor athlete in the history of the Winter Games two units behind a certain… Martin Fourcade. All in ten days!
We are not there yet but the chances of charm are great for the blues this Tuesday. Fabien Claude, Simon Desthieux and Émilien Jacquelin will accompany QFM in this relay to follow from 7:30 am.
Ledeux to pass the second?
She does not yet have the “QFM” prize list but at only 20 years old, she has already marked the history of her sport. At the X-Games in Aspen last year, she became the first female freestyle skier to win both big air and slopestyle in the same edition, while landing a jump never before achieved by a woman. in competition. On these Games, the Chinese Eileen Gu perfectly imitated this double cork 1620 during the big air, thus stealing the gold medal from the Frenchwoman, taken at her own game and silver medalist.
Nevertheless, out of the question to spit in the soup for Ledeux who will aim for a second Olympic charm this Tuesday in slopestyle (2h30 for the first run, 3h20 for the second). Ninth in qualifying after a fall during her first run, the Savoyarde will however have to raise the cursor to put herself at the level of her Chinese rival who intends to do the double blow.
The French outsiders in alpine skiing
Without Tessa Worley, the French will compete in the downhill on Tuesday morning, an event which saw Johan Clarey triumph in the men’s category at the start of the fortnight. At first glance, it’s hard to imagine our Blues imitating their silver medalist compatriot. During practice, Tiffany Gauthier and Camille Cerutti finished last and penultimate respectively. The first tricolor, Romane Miradoli, could not do better than the 15th time. Defending champion, the Italian Sofia Goggia seems inaccessible.
She, on the other hand, has great and legitimate ambitions for this descent. Mikaela Shiffrin and her record as long as a ski are struggling in these Games. Eliminated from the start in giant and slalom, only 9th in the Super-G, the American saw an oh so delicate fortnight and little in line with her status. The hour of redemption has therefore come for the skier from Colorado, who is still chasing after her 4th Olympic medal. A test to follow from 4 hours.
A chance for our Blues in Nordic combined
Quite a few, to tell the truth… Engaged in this event, Mattéo Baud, Gaël Blondeau, Antoine Gerard, Laurent Mühlethaler, and Edgar Vallet will have a hard time getting involved in the duel for the medal. On a normal hill, Mattéo Baud had achieved the best French performance by signing… 18th place. This time, the event will take place on a large hill and will be followed, as usual, by 10 km of cross-country skiing. The German Vinzenz Geiger will be aiming for a second Olympic title after the one obtained on the normal hill. Ski jumping is scheduled for 8 hours and cross-country skiing for 12 hours.
Challenging bobsleigh mission
It won’t be an Everest to climb but the task promises to be tricky for the pair Romain Heinrich/Dorian Hauterville in a two-man bobsleigh. Only 13th after the first two rounds, the tricolor bobsledders will struggle to grab the podium. To hope to win the second Olympic medal in the history of the blues in this discipline, they will have to go up a delay of 65 hundredths to come back up to the Russians, 3rd. Hard to imagine but after all, impossible isn’t it French?
Return to competition for Valieva
Tested positive for a doping substance, the Russian Kamila Valieva (15) was authorized by the Court of Arbitration for Sport to compete in the individual figure skating event. She will start this Tuesday (11 a.m.) in the hope of joining the free program on Wednesday.